The Next Step in Evolution

All animals evolve to adapt to their environment. To get the berries off the tallest of trees the giraffe with the longest neck becomes the norm. Because it's fur fit in with the environment more the brown mouse survives and reproduces while the bright white one is eaten. Evolution is quite simple and basically just common sense, the organism best fit to survive in it's environment, does. But what if and animal was to adapt the environment to IT.

Man gets cold so as well as growing hair, he builds a shelter. His prey is stronger or faster than him so he builds weapons to take it down with better efficiency. Because of all the modifications man does to the environment we have halted evolution for our species. Other than getting slightly taller, man has not physically changed in a long time. We have gotten smarter yes, but have we gotten weaker? Is all of our technology and modern inventions helped man or hindered him? In a hand to hand fight between a man and a bear, man cannot win. But our superior intelligence gives us an edge and allows us not to get into that hand to hand situation.

So if we are not evolving, how does man reach the next step, how do we as a species grow and progress. To this question the answer is technology. If our skin isn't going to become rhino skin tough in time, how do we become a more formidable foe to a possible alien encounter? Well we replace it of course. Unless we discover an extremely light yet durable metallic material, we cannot wear super suit-like things because its A. not permanent, and B. too heavy. Soldiers are already getting over encumbered with the supplies they carry today so cross off a sweet robo suit. Instead a more permanent and probably less popular solution is to replace our limbs and extremities with robotic ones. They would be much more durable and strong than what we have now. To make it look natural we could put a thin 'skin' layer over the wiring and machinery. Think, far far into the future, a place where the only organic or "human" part of a human, is the brain. Eyes replaced by zoom-able, night vision, less fragile eyes. Our ears replaced with hyper sensitive, adjustable ears. Don't like your voice? Replaced by an organic, flawlessly sounding voice box. Want the body of a body builder, replace yours with it. Want everything to taste like chocolate, replace your taste buds and have a tongue that sends signals to your brain that makes you taste chocolate. A creepy yet interesting thought is it not? It would really show what our society thinks is 'ideal' for a person to be. Anyone and everyone could be what we strive to be or look like today. Sounds like a much duller world. Very generic. Everyone would be beautiful which would make beauty nonexistent. Everyone would just be, normal. Every few years we would replace our old parts with new ones and nobody would be able to tell your actual age. This whole thing sounds like an odd, late night science fiction horror flick. And maybe sense humans are all so diverse and everyone's perception of perfection is something a little different, this future will never exist. So looking forward, as the human race advances as a species, hopefully while becoming more unified and tougher, we also become more diverse and intriguing.